Piano Sonata No. 3 (Mozart)
Piano Sonata in B♭ major | |
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No. 3 | |
by W. A. Mozart | |
![]() The young composer, a 1777 copy of a lost painting | |
Key | B♭ major |
Catalogue | K. 281 / 189f |
Style | Classical period |
Composed | 1774 |
Movements | Allegro, Andante amoroso, Rondo (allegro) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B♭ major, K. 281 / 189f, (1774) is a piano sonata in three movements:
- Allegro
- Andante amoroso (E♭ major)
- Rondo (allegro)
A typical performance takes about 14 minutes.
This piano sonata is one of the most virtuosic pieces Mozart ever composed, written during the visit Mozart paid to Munich for the production of La finta giardiniera from late 1774 to the beginning of the following March.
External links[]
- Sonate in B KV 281: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Piano sonata in B♭ major, K. 281(189f) (interactive score) on Verovio Humdrum Viewer (Alte Mozart-Ausgabe version)
Categories:
- Piano sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Compositions in B-flat major
- 1774 compositions
- Sonata stubs